Vehicle lid lock device
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorToshiyuki UEKI
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Abstract
A vehicle lid lock device includes: a drive actuator; a lock pin movable between a first position where one end thereof is engaged with a part of a lid in a vehicle exterior panel to maintain the lid closed and a second position where the lock pin is disengaged from the part of the lid to allow the lid to open; a handle member to be gripped by a user; and a cable having one end coupled to another end of the lock pin and another end coupled to a part of the handle member and configured to retract the lock pin to disengage the lock pin from the part of the lid member when the user pulls the handle member. A clip part is formed integrally with the handle member. The handle member is tiltable with respect to a fixing surface of the vehicle interior structure.
Claims4
A vehicle lid lock device comprising:
- a drive actuator;
- a lock pin provided so as to be movable between a first position where one end of the lock pin is engaged with a part of a lid provided in a vehicle exterior panel to maintain a closed state of the lid and a second position where the lock pin that has received a driving force from the drive actuator and retracted in an axial direction is disengaged from the part of the lid to allow the lid to be in an open state;
- a handle member to be gripped by a user;
- and
- a cable having one end coupled to another end of the lock pin and another end coupled to a part of the handle member and configured to retract the lock pin in the axial direction to disengage the lock pin from the part of the lid member when the user pulls the handle member, wherein
- a clip part via which the handle member is fixed to a vehicle interior structure is formed integrally with the handle member, and
- the handle member is tiltable with respect to a fixing surface of the vehicle interior structure when the handle member is fixed to the vehicle interior structure via the clip part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.